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BREEDING. 



teristics of the' bulldog breed, but by an ordinary observer this 

 would be scarcely noticed. There is, however, a remarkable want 

 of symmetry and true proportion in this bitch, which the portrait 

 conveys exactly. 



' HALF-AND-HALF,"* first Cross from the Bulldog. 



She was again put to " Preston," a' very fast dog belonging to, 

 her owner, and from them the produce was " Hecuba," a large 

 black bitch of good shape, and, as I before remarked, scarcely 

 distinguishable from the pure greyhound. She was very fast, but 

 could not work very cleverly, and her staying powers were very 

 limited indeed. 



Mr. Hanley sent her to the celebrated dog " Bedlamite," expect- 

 ing in this fourth cross to have some good runners, but they were 



* From a daguerreotype in the possession of Hugh Hanley, Esq., ist Life Guards'. 



